Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro si propone il compito di illustrare brevemente la questione della spesa pubblica con particolare riferimento alla valutazione della rapporto costi benefici.Dopo un primo esame dei beni da sussidiare o disincentivare e si accenna a questioni quali trade-off tra...

The sample estimates are uniformly below those of the Financial Accounts, even after harmonising all the definitions and the evaluation criteria. Such a problem can stem from the interviewee�s unwillingness to disclose the actual value of the asset (under-reporting). The paper presents a...

this paper aims at examining the federal housing policy at present in place in the United States of America. The most significant initiatives are the “public housing” program, that provides rental housing for eligible low-income families, and “Section 8”, that grants, through the...

Italian Abstract: Il presente lavoro analizza il sistema di ammortizzatori sociali (il sussidio di disoccupazione e le integrazioni salariali in costanza di rapporto di lavoro) e di politiche attive vigente in Italia e lo confronta con i sistemi prevalenti nei principali paesi europei....

We study the effect of a reform of the Swedish disability insurance (DI) program whereby the special eligibility rules for workers in the age group 60 to 64 were abolished. First, we use a differences-in-differences approach to study changes in the disability take-up as compared to the age group...